[yandytex] where Y&Y config for dvi->ps in WinEdt get dvipsone parameters

[Murray Eisenberg]

I just stumbled upon a solution to my problem.  Now the question is 
still why the problem appeared in the first place!

The solution is as follows.  With the Y&Y configuration selected in WinEdt,

    Options > Execution Modes > Console Applications > Accessories,

for dvi2ps, remove "-n" from the Switches field for the Command Line.

Murray Eisenberg wrote:
> This is a WinEdt problem, but one that involves how it handles the Y&Y 
> configuration, so I'm posting it here (as well as in the WinEdt list).
> 
> I'm trying to fix a broken WinEdt 5.5 configuration for Y&Y TeX. 
> Specifically, after successfully using the LaTeX button for the Y&Y TeX 
> configuration (and even being able to view the dvi using the DVI 
> button), I am systematically getting a crash of dvipsone.exe when I try 
> the dvi->ps button.
> 
> The problem is that the called macro '%b\Exec\YandY TeX\dvi2ps.edt' is 
> creating and calling the following command for, say, the file temp.dvi:
> 
> "D:\yandy\DVIPSONE\dvipsone.bat" -j -*c -k -*L -*s -s standard -n "temp"
> 
> (And that bat file in turn calls dvipsone.exe with the same parameters).
> The trouble is that flag "-n": there is no such flag for dvipsone!
> 
> Where/how is that command line created by dvi2ps.edt, and how do I fix it?
> 
> Is dvi2ps.edt somehow getting those parameters from 
> C:\Windows\dviwindo.ini?  But my dviwindo.ini has the following entries 
> specifying the flags for dvipsone:
> 
> DVIPSONE=-j -*c -k -*L -*s -s=standard
> DVIPSONE/Distiller=-j -*c -*L -*s -s=standard
> 
> There is no "-n" flag there!
> 
> And I can successfully run dvipsone to convert the dvi to ps directly 
> from the command line using those parameters.
> 

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